“He said ‘I’m to take this off,’ if we were misbehaving,” the girl told WPIX. “My sister said ‘you can’t.’ I said ‘you can’t because if you did, I will tell the principal.’ And he just started laughing and he took it off.”

At an arraignment this week, a New York City judge issued an order of protection barring him from being near Alzockary.

An attorney representing Edah asked the judge to prevent cameras in the courtroom for Edah’s arraignment.

“This case is highly charged and places my client in great danger,” the attorney, Virginia Lopreto, told the judge, according to the Daily News.